Game device



H. 1. scHuMAc-HER AND F. RICE.

GAME DEVICE.

APPLxcATloN FILED JAN. 28. 1921.

1,422,383. Patented July 1], 1922.

UNITED STATES HENRY J. scnurrncnnn Ama mm nrcn, or iunnnvmnn,PENNSYLVANIA Assroncns or crm-Tarma 'ro s'. n. rnrnnsorr, or Newcns'rnn, PENNSYL- VAINIA.. i

PATENT OFFICE.

Y Genn .nnvrcn i Specicetlou of Letters Yatent.

Patented July 11, 192".

, Appunto@ nieu January 2s, 1921. semi No. 44eme.

To all whom' it may concern:

Be it known Vthat we,jHENnY SOHW i moana und FRANK RICE, citizens oi theUnited States, residing at Meadville, in' the county of Crawford undState of Pennsylvania, have. invented new 'und usefullImprovements in a'VGmane Device, of whichthe following is 'a specification.

This device is designed ,to simulate mechanically some features of cgeme of base ball. Broadly it consists in rotating u vbut delivering ehan to che path af the be, mi providing a chcncerelution between therotation and delivery of the bell so lthat the ball may be-hit, ormuy bemissed, or may be deliveredlin different directions.

The invention s illustrated in the eccomdrawings as follows shows a planview of the device. 2 a bottom view of Vthe device. Fig. 3 n section onthe lines 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 an enlarged view of a. securing latch.

1 marks the board, 2 e surrounding shoulder or enclosure, 3 e diamondwhich is luid out on the board, and 4 spring clips which operate in thegame as pla ers, these bein located in the positions or ineril assume byplayers in a. game of base be A but 5 is xed on un upright shaft 6 whichextends through the board. A ear 7 is fixed on the lower end` of the sheG. A. rack 8 operates on the geen?, the rack b `carried bye rod 9. Thefront end of t e rod is carried by e uide 10 and the reer end is securedto a ro 14, thefront end of the rod 14being carried by a. guide 11 onthe board. A. ring 12 is secured to the rod 9 and to a. screw 18 on theunder- .Side of the board und tends to draw therod to a. forwardposition. In this forward osition the ruck 8 is out of the gear 7leaving the shaft free so that the bat may be rotilted as a chancedevice. The rod 14 extends through e guide lnrranged on the enclosingshoulder 'or border 2. It 1s rovided with a notchl into which a ceto 17drops when the rod is drawn orward.

ring 18 yeldingly forces the latch 17 into e notch.

The forward end of the rod 14 is upturned through the guide 11 and slot20 1n the board, the upper end ofthe rod extending forward forming aplunger 21'. This plunger is adapted to operate on e ball 22,

into the notch 16. The ball- 22 is put in po` stion under the 4itchesclip. In drawin back the rod 9,'t e ruck 8 moves into mes with vthegea.r 7 und rotates the bat in a. reverse direction slightly. On movingthe catch to release position the rods 14 and'S are snapped forwardbythe spring 12. The plunger 21 through im act with the ball snaps itforward into t e path of the bat as 1t is rotated. Thesume forwardmovement of thevrod 9 operating through the rack rotates the bet. If`the but ie in the part of its path which is traversed by the bell itwill hit the'bull 1iving to the ball a. direction incident to t eposition of the but et the moment of impact. If the hat is in the partof its lpath out of the path of the bull, the ball wi merelypess throughunder the catchers clip. When the rack 1s moved forward' and the but'has been rotated b it' the rack moves out of engagement witi the gearund the but continues to rotate as a` chance wheel thus v 'g the int etwhich it operates with relution to the delivery of the ball with euchoperation.

uClips 24, 25, 26" and 2'? are er1 ed around the ed e of the board andadepte to receive the b les it moves along the board. It will beunderstood that these clips are smell spring clips so that when the bellmoves under them the bell will be enga ed and held. The clips 24covering a. wi er und more open s ece muy be dominated as single-basehits, t e clip 25 as twoase hits, the clip 27 as n three-base hit andthe clips 26 as home runs, the space through which the ball must travelto get to these clips cletermining the points.

In playin the ame itisplayed in a. munner after t e ordinary gaine ofbase bull, first-one player hein at the bat and then the other. theimpact of the het and is caught by A the clip it operates as a strike. Ithe bat Where te ball passes without these are computed es advancing cpicyer who has been at bet.

Wlmt we claim asnew is l. Inc-e? 'ame device, the-combnation-'oi`mechanica. y actuated battn means; means for delivering a ball to theatting means;-

and a chance device cooperating with one o'f said means varying theoperativerelaton of .the-batting means and the delivery means to verythe action of the batcn the bell.

2. In e `gaine device, theA combination of a. chance mechanism; a batactuated bythe chance mechanism; and means for delivering a bell te the.het, said'chance-mechenism varying., theection, of the bat to produce a*chance variation in the'opertive -relation between-the means and thebat.

` 'EL linge-4 geine device, the combination of a rotating chancemechanism; a bat actuated by thechance mechanism; and means fordelivering a ball to the bat; said chance mechanism varying the actionof the but to produce a chance variation yin the operative relationbetween the means'nnd the bat.

4. Inn ame device,lthefco1nbinntion of a. mecha-mcally ectmitedbattingmeans; means fordeliveringal balijto thefbatting means; and@ springactuated chance mecha..

nism cooperating vif-1th one ofvsaid means andvaryingtheoperetlverelation of the batting:

means. and thefdelivery means :te ,van the action of the batting meansonthelbaf l.

5.111 e." game device, the combination of-` a bat; a shaft onwhich.thebat is mounted;

agear on the shaft; a rack. operating on the gear and into and out olimesh wlth thegear Vand adaptedto rotate the shaft and permit'the shaftto spinafter the disengcge l ment of the 'rack from the gear; yu.plunger for delivering a hell to,

acutated with the rack for delivering a. ball to the` bat; and a springaetuatmg the rl-and'rac'k. y 6. n e' gamedevice; th'ei eomiliation A ofa but; a shaft on which the batismunte'd; means for operat' the shaft torotate the "bat, said means re easing the bet at one extreme of itsmovement to peirniit lit to operate `es a rotating chance device; andmeans for delivering aballto the hat.

7. In a. game devlce,4 the combliiion o'f a chance mechanism; n bat lactuated' 'by thev chance mechanism-5` .and-e spring actuated plungerfor-delivering-afgball tothe het,l safdhence` mechanismA verging theaction of thev batll to produce .ahance variation lin the o emtiverelation betweenthetplnnger and ebat.

Inl testimonyV whereof We lieveY hereunto set our hands..

" HENRY J, scHUMncimR.

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